OMAHA DAILY BEE.
4 THIRTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA , * NEB. F.RIDAY M CHINING , FEBRUARY 15 , 1884. NO. 20 ,
A WOEFUL PICTURE ,
Whole Towns Entirely Disapar from
View ,
Terrible Suffering Among the
Homeless People ,
The Water Slowly Falling at
*
Cincinnati ,
Generous Gifts for the Destitute
and Hungry ,
Further Details of the Flood's Ouol
Work ,
THE KliOODS.
yALLINO AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI , February 14. At 7
o'clock to-night the river had receded
three-fourths of an inch , _ and the good
news of the actual beginning of the de
cline spread quickly , giving a profound
feeling of relief wherever it reached.
The first notica of n check came during
the afternoon , and the posting of it on
'change caused an outburst of applause
from the people waiting for river bulle
tins. With this decided colder weather
and the wind the fall has every facility
for being constant aud rapid. The sliuht
swells at Pittsburg since the first decline
there are not sufficient to bring the -river
hero to tremenduous proportions. It
ihows to-night that even with the most
rapid decline it Trill bo days before
houses are relieved.
The masons of this city have two or
ganization * for relief work. Ono is
known as the masonic flood committee ,
and ia composed of energetic young men ,
most of whom give their personal atten
tion to the distribution of supplies and
money entrusted to them. They distri'
buto to sufferers irrespective of creed or
faith , and are now fully organized with
boats , and will distribute throughout the
valley all contributions consigned to
them. The other body ia the regular
masonic relief association , which has
been m existence several years for the
express purpose of relieving masons in
distress , not only now , but at all times.
Them is much impatience at the delay in
the arrival of General Beokwith from St.
Louis , vrho was expected last night to
organize a patrol of the river with sup
plies furnished by the government. The
fact that relief on so large scale was ordered
dored by the government has prevented
extensive preparations of thisjkind being
made by weaker organizations. General
Bockwith is constantly expected , and
matters are so arranged that n relief boat
can bo quickly started after ho arrives.
In Newport , Ky. , this morning , the
scene was most desolate. The high wind
last night moved the waters so aa to topple -
plo over many moro buildings and , loosened
enod from their foundations , they have
swung into the streets until in many
cases the relief boats have great difficult ;
in passing around them.
Need of help in Newport is increasin
us thu stores of the imprisoned families
grow less and less. Fortunately $1,000
was received this morning from Sccreta
ry Lincoln and another § 1,000 from th
Cincinnati chamber of commerce.
Tlio water is now within a few inches
of being five feet' higher than the grea' '
Hood last yoar. It reaches more than
half a square above Third street at Lock
street. The Pan Handle depot is entire
ly surrounded by water and several fee
on the floor. The Grand Central dopoi
has from si ? to night foot of wato
on the floor. At Mill street the wate :
reaches into Fourth street. Furthe
f west it crosses Fifth street , and at tin
Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayton depo
reaches half way up Sixth and Freeman
ntrects. It crosses Sixth street in th
east end , and the encroachments extend
eastwardly as far aa Freeman street
Lincoln park is a lake except a little cor
nor. Thu general expectation is that th
flood will reach its highest perhaps to
day or to , morrow.
KEI'OUTS FIIOM LOUISVILLE.
LODISVILLE , February 14. Tlio riv :
continues rising an inch an hour. At
p. m. it reached 40 foot. The weather i
cold , the wind high , and the wave ;
tumbling down inundated houses. Th
southeastern part of the city is iloodei
from the water of Clear Grass Crook
Men have boon employed in building
cement wall around tlio tanks and puri
fiers of the gas works all day , and ther
ia not much fear of the works ahuttini
down. About COO people are out o
their homes hero , and relief committed
are alleviating the suffering.
At Jelforsonvillo nearly every stroo
has disappeared , and the sight ia mps
appalling. Many houaes have caved in
and hundreds of people are huddled to
gether in the same vuilding , while many
remain in second stories shivering nn '
suffering from dampness and cold , and i
many cases hunger. The penitentiary i
still out of water.
Utica , Ind , , is almost out of sight , an
the inhabitants have ildd to the hills fo
safety.
Olarksvillo is entirely depopulated
.Relief is coming in very slowly , the pro
visions and subscriptions coming in to
day not beinjj enough for actual want
All communication is cut off except b ;
boat and telegraph.
The situation at Now Albany ia pract' ' '
cally unchanged. General Saxton' wi
start a government relief boat down th
river Friday moorning. The boat wi
go ou fur as Sliownootown , Ill.BUpplyin
people on both aides of tho.rivor.
To-day was the lirst bright ono thii
month. Thousands of people visited th' '
points of observation along the BOVOI
miles of city front. The river , at 0:30 : ,
stood 45 foot , 11 inches above last year ,
The wind Wednesday night ruined him
drcds of dwellings at thia point andSliij :
pingport Many went down the rivoi
News from Cincinnati sys. the river i
falling , which leads Louisville to hope
the end of the disaster is at hand. Nutvs
from fcunounding localities is aa melan
choly aa possible.
FEEDING THK HONOUY.
WHEELING , W. Vo. , February 14.
The weather ia cold adding to the dis
comforts of the homeless victims of the
Hood. The worst suffering 1ms been re
lieved. Several car loads of coal which
was much needed were received to-day.
Twelve hundred perions were fed by
the relief committee at Morton's Ferry , ,
Ohio , and two hundred families at Bridge
port. Provisions wcro also sent to
Wollsburg to-day. All the depots over
the river nro filled with provisions and
good * waiting shipment for the sufferers ,
but cars cannot bo procured fast enough
to bring the stores sent by small towns.
Two men have boon arrested for system-
atio frauds on the relief committee. Ono
had procured thirty and the ether thirty
seven complete suits of clothes.
A SCENE Ol1 DESOLATION.
CINCINNATI , February 14. The Com-
niorcial-azetto'i ! special from Trenton ,
0. , pays : Telegraph communication was
re-established to-day. Throe-fourths of
the town is under water , including the
entire business portion. The water is
seven feet higher than in 1883. Chough
it has fallen considerably it is still above
any known high water. Many soup
houses are open , but a' inadequate.
Thousands are homeless and penniless.
Every door is open but not enough room.
Frame buildings are swept from their
foundations and brick buildings crumbled
into the water. A strong current is
swooping through the streets. At Hang
ing Rock but four houses are above
tfator.
Coryvillo has but two houses above the
flood. The bottom lands are devastated.
Thu postollico is under water , and mail
is delivered from the court house- . The
council has appointed a committee to go
to Columbus and ask for an appropria
tion. Starvation stares thousands in the
faco. The iron wills have stopped and
many employees were destitute before
the flood camo. Many merchants will
bo forced to assign.
OVKU THU HOUSE TOP.M.
OAIUO , 111. , February 14. The steamer
owlor reports water on the firat floor of
uildiugs on Front street at Paducah and
I landings on the Kentucky sidn are
ndor watur , but there is no vifforing , as
ic people have gone to the hills.
Joppa , a small town on the Illinois
do , ia inundated , the water covering
10 tops of houses. The town is com-
letoly deserted.
At Metropolis the water is over the
rst floors in buildings on Front street.
II business has boon moved to back
recta.
At Cairo the river ia 48 foot and rising
owly now. This is 4 feet lower than
10 highest water of last year , Evory-
ling is going on as usual hero , and but
ttlo alarm ia felt.
( 'OLUMDUS Ul'.LIKF WO11K.
COLU.MKUS , 0. , February 14. The
xito relief commission organized to-day ,
ividod the inundated territory into dis-
ricta for management , and § 1,000 was
elcgraphed each of the larger desolated
ities alone the Ohio , and § 500 each to
10 smaller towns for immediate roliof.
he members of the commission left this
vening to superintend the distribution
f funds. Over eight car loads of pro-
isions and clothing wcro shipped from
Ilia point to-day.
VARIOUS
EVANSVILLE , February 14. At Shaw-
leotown the water is approaching the
econd story windows of the Riverside
lotol , and bteadily swelling. An officer
f the last steamer from thcio describes
ho scene as one of fearful desolation. II
s estimated that 20,000 bushels of corn
are under water within a radius of ton
niles of Shawneotown. No disasters have
'olloned the overflow as yet , but there is
much suffering from want of fuel.
Paducah is entirely surrounded by
water , but there is no fear that the towt :
vill bo submerged. Smithland aiu
Caseyvillo are both iu the water , and al
communication between houses is in
Viffo.
To-night the river is rising slowly ant
more hopeful feeling exists. The
weather is clear and cold. The river
acks thirteen inches of last year's rise.
A. warehouse is full of goods for ship
mcnt. The city la full of people fron ;
ho flooded districts.
MADISON , Ind. , February 14. Tlio
lood in the Ohio hero will probably
reach its height to-morrow morning. I1
s two feet above the flood of last year ,
Clio damage is also greater than last year.
The river is still rising , and is two
'cot above last year. Seven houses
were washed away to-day , and as many
more from Milton , Ky. , and others los
their foundations Three thousand people
plo hero are homeless r.nd destitute
WASHINGTON , February 14. Secretary
Lincoln estimates that the purchases o.
supplies by the mayors of various town
along tlio Uliio and the ( cost of the expo
litions to the sufferers from Pitts
jurg and Louisville will aggregate
gate § 180,000 , leaving $120,000
of the appropriation to bo expended bj
oneral Beckwith , in charge at Cincin
mti. The secretary hus requested General
oral Bbckwith to send him an estimate o
what ho will bo able to accomplish witl
hat amount and suggested his conforrini
with Hon. Richard Smith , of Cincinnati
as to the best course to pursue.
CLEVELAND , Ohio , February 14.
Towns in Northern Ohio are gonoroual ;
contiibuting money and supplies for th
listroRscd people of the Ohio valley
Iho Leader's specials report that Lan
caster teat two car loads of provision
und clothing. Mayor Ilainoy and Hon
H. 0 , Drinklo have gone to Oalliopolu
to get 500 or 1,000 people and take then
to the Ohio conference camp grounds
whore- they will bo comfortably quar
torod. Mansfield forwarded 200 pack
ages of food and clothing and raisec.
about § 2,000. Newark sent sixty boxo
and barrels of uupplios , . The childret
of the schools contributed their valentino
tine money. Mount Vernon furnishoc.
three car loads and about § 1,000. Crcsi
line girvo a car load and a handaomo BUI
of money.
Now Philadelphia pave a thousan
dollars , half money andliaU , provisions
Authorized commiisioncrs ar'o canvas
sing everywhere , and supplies are coi
stanrly being supplied to the accredito
agents ,
PjTTHiiuno , February 14 , The prea
relief boat Iron City loft for Parkorebur
to-night , and will distribute provisioi
and clothes to all who make their wan'
known. The government steamer Kat
Stockdalo leavoi in the morning fo
I renton with 200 tons of provisions ,
Those along the liver in need of uasint-
auto will display a white flag as a signal ,
and boats will then make the nearest
landing , The rivers are rising to n'ght ' ,
11 o'clock.
CHAHLEHTON , W. Vai , February 14.
The government boat lieo which left
lioro with provisions for the flood suffer-
uis yesterday along the Kanuwha rivo"1
returned late this evening. The bout
distributed its cargo of provisions at
Loon and Point Pleasant , The water
1 haa receded six feet in tbo Kauawha at
Point Pleasant , leaving many houses up
turned and twisted from their founda
tions. There were two heavy wind and
rain storms at Point Pleasant last night
which throw several houses from their
base. Many families along the Lower
Kanawha , as well as at Point Pleasant ,
are left destitute and will require help
for sometime. Relief boats , four in
number , from this city have loft enough
provisions along the river , also at Point
Pleasant , to feed the sufferers for five
days. A relief boat will leave hero for
Mason City and Hartford on the Ohio
to-morrow. The citizens of Charleston
have responded liberally.
HELENA , Ark. , February 14 The
river hero at six o'clock ' to-night was 42
foot and still rising. The back water
from the Mississippi has reached the
Iron Mountain railway bridge on Long-
villa river and is rising at the rate of two
inches an hour. Communication with
Memphis will bo cut off.
DALLAS , Tex. , February 14. Trinity
river has overflowed its banks and the
country between Dallas and Denton is
inundated for miles around. Five miles
of treacling on the Missouri Pacific rail
way are washed away , and all trains
abandoned. No mails from St. Louis
and the east since Monday.
LITTLE ROCK , February 14. The Ar
kansas river has risen ono inch since ton
o'clock last night. It is freezing. Ar-
gonta , opposite this city , is all under
except n few high spots. The people
moved out. Many plantations above
and below the city are inundated and the
people are moving to higher ground. An
immense amount of fences and stock will
bo destroyed in the bottoms.
MAYSVILLE , Ky. , February 14. The
river rose 5 inches last night , but came
to a standstill this morning , and since
has fallen U inches. Fifteen hundred
people are homeless.
OATTLKTrHiiUHii , Ky. , February 14.
The river is receding slowly. It hns
fallen 4 inches. People are returning to
the second stories.
LAWKENCEIIUHO , Ky. , February 14. A
fearful wind atom last night upturned
moro houses , and added thousands of
dollars to the loss. Nine inches moro of
water would have flooded the floor of the
highest located house in the city. The
cold weather , though welcome as to
freezing out the rise , brings muih suffer
ing to people in cars and ether places
not prepared for fires.
AuiiuiiN , Ky. , February 14. A mixed
train on the Southern Central dropped
into the Seneca river at Woedsport this
afternoon. The floods weakened the
bridge , which is a wooden ono a year
old. liurr Ridgemantho engineerJohn ;
traight , fireman , and Tim K. Donahoy ,
rakoman , were in the cab of the engine
the time and were drowned. Tlio on-
.no is under water. The passenger car
niaincd on the track.
WHEELING , February 14. The num-
er of destitute persons in Wheeling is
250. Many were found to-day lying
: i damp straw with little over them ,
evoral cases of sickness from premature
onfinemont are reported ; § 1,200 were
awed to-day.
CHICAOO , February 14. Advices from
Sastorn and Now Fnglund states show
liny meetings and liberal contributions
oivtho flood sufferers of the Ohio valley.
NOTES.
The village of Athalia , Ohio , is almost
mtiroly swept away. In Millersport
wenty or thirty houses are gono.
General Sherman has contributed § 10P
or the flood sufferers.
The Richmond , Ind. , council has ap-
iroprlated § 5,000 for the benefit of the
'ood sufferers.
General Amos Beck with arrived in
Cincinnati at 0 o'clock last night , hav-
"ng spent 24 hours on tlio road. The
onoral says ho will havj no unnecessary
olay in getting the relief bouts under
way.
way.Tho wind at Lawrencoburg , Indiana ,
Wednesday night swept away ono row of
ino houses. Four squares are now a
otal wreck. The court house is now
ntorcd by skiffs.
Tlio Iowa Legislature.
DCS MOINEH , Iowa , February 14. In
ho liouso to day committees reported
avorably on the bill to appropriate § 2-
(00 ( to the Iowa Prisoners' Aid associa
tion , and on the bill to revise the school
iws of the stnto. Bills were introduced
'or the relief ot John J. Golden , injured
ivhilo in the employ of the state ; to pro
ect citizens from quackery and to ole-
ate the standing of the medical profcs-
ion ; making an appropriation for the
nstitution for feoblu-mindcd children ;
; naking an appropriation for the deaf
.nd dumb asylum at Council Bluffs ; to
educe grand juries to seven in number ;
jo provide for a lecture room for the
lomcepathic department in the state uni
versity , authorizing county treasurers to
iay state funds to the state treasurer at
ho end of each month.
Wednesday ac 3 p. m. was fixed as the
imo for the consideration of resolutions
n respect to the memory of Joseph M
Holbrook , deceased member of thu
louse.
Dills were passed ta authorize the com
missioner of the hospital for insane a
ndopendpnco to use unexpended appro
iriations in additional improvements o ,
hut institution ; legalizing the ollicia
acts of E. U. Harmon , notary public , o
Olay county.
In the senate , consideration of Don
nan's temperance bill and Eastman's sub
stitute was continued throughout th
session. Tlio substitute was defeated b
11 vote of 40 to 7. Several amendments
tvero proposed to thobill , the most im
ortant of which was by Hall to pu
wine and beer on the same busia with ul
cohol mid allow the manufacture for ex
pnrt. Defeated by Jt3 to 15. Uoihcrt
offered an amendment to reimburse the
brotvorr for property confiscated by the
proposed bill. Defeated by 37 to 13.
No vote VJF. % reachodon _ thu main bill.
'i'lio Wool Groworn.
DENVBII , Febrimrv 14 , * The Colorado
Wool Growers' association has mued a
call for a convention of the wool growuru
of Colorado , Kansas , Nebraska , Utah ,
Wyoming and Now Mexico , to moot at
Denver March 12 , for tha purpose of
combining to prevent a further reduc
tion of the tariff on wool.
Don't RtpiCNs I ho INioplo'u Vlotvu.
POHTUND , Oregon , February 14. The
Ort-goiiian to-morrow will say : "Tho re
cent resolution of the Portland city
council and board of trade , and al
those from other points , asking congreit
not to declare the land grant of the
Northern Pacific forfeited , does not ex
press the viowg of the people- Oregon
and Washington. "
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The Senate Laboring on IDC Cnrreiicy
Question ,
Seine Eottonnoss iu tlio Boards of
Health.
The Burlington Eoad Has a Land
Grant to Explain ,
An Increase of the Belief Appro
priation to bo Made ,
Tlio President , HinllcsOvcr tlio I'cilu-
KORUC9.
PICOIUC WASHINGTON.
HKALTII JIOAUD.H WHANdLlNO.
WASHINGTON , February 14. There
was a lively scene in the house , committee -
too on public health todayvlion Sur
geon General Hamilton , of the Marino
hospital service , anpcarooVin answer to
the charge by Waring , secretary of tlio
National board of health , that Ilanulton
was unskillful and sought to control pub
lic opinion. To the first ho answered by
reading a letter from the board asking
the benefit of his experience. To the
second , lie put in a denial and assorted
that Dr. Cabul , president of the board ,
attempted to pack the committee so that
no person adverse to the board could bo
heard. Cabol admitted that ho hud ,
written n letter to the speaker
of the house on the Bubjoct , but
disclaimed any attempt to
pack it. Several , membura spoke
on thin _ turn of affairs and
Davis chairman said if any implication
had been made that he was placed there
through improper influences ho would
resign. Dr. Hamilton said further that
the appropriation for local boards of
health was n corruption fund.that the
responsibility for the introduction of
yellow fever in Pensacola in 1882 rested
on the local board of health tlio protoge
of the national board , that Waring sec
retary of the national board , was em
ployed to write essays on tlio prevention
of the introduction of sewer gas in houses ,
ho holding several patents on that sub
ject , that while Dr. Brown , of the mar
ine hospital service was working day and
night at IJronnsvillo fighting the yellow
fever , Dr. Smart , of the national board ,
was trying "to got evidence to wcaknn the
quarantine service. Dr. Smart sat near
by , and was appealed to by Dr. Hamilton
to contradict this , but remained silent.
THE rnnsiDUNT'a TKACHEH LIFE
The educational convention after the
discussion of several papers to-day called
upon the president and secretary of the
interior. At the White House they wore
introduced by General Eaton , commis
sioner of the bureau of education , who
spoke of them as representing six mil
lion children and of the president's ex
perience as n teacher. The president
responded saying that among the pleaa-
nntost recollections of his lifo ntiro those
connected with the time of his school
teaching. Ho felt the greatest help
to administrative functions come from
the educators of the people , that the
permanence of our institutions depended
upon the education of the youth of
our nation. At the close of the address
the convention returned to the church
and resumed its session and after the
discussion of a number of papers ad
journed.
The president has directed the promo ,
tion of Lieutenant Rhodes , of the rav-
onuo cutter Dexter , for gallant conduct
on the occasion of the wreck of the City
of Columbus.
IT in XKKIIKD.
The secretary of war explained to the
house committee on appropriations to
day the plans for relieving the flood suf
ferers 11 o Raid one boat with provisions
and clothing had boon sent from Pitts-
two would from Cincinnati
burg , go to-night
cinnati , one up and one down otrcani ,
and one was sent from Louisville to aid
sufferers between there and Ewumvil'o '
and n fifth will be sent us BOOH as possi
ble from Evansville toward Cairo. Two
others will be sent from different points
on the Ohio river as soon as they can
bo arranged. The committee will report
in favor of an additional appropriation
of at least $100,000 to-morrow.
JiUULINOTON CALLED.
The commissioner general of the land
oflico claims 27-1,000 acres of land have
been patented to the Burlington & Mis ,
souri River rrilroad m Nebraska in ux
cess of the quantity it in entitled to re
coivu , and lias allowed tlio company sixty
days to show cause why the land should
not revert to the government.
LOOAN'H AITOINTMKNI nnL. ,
SonatorLogan introduced in thosoiipto
to-day a bill providing that poriona lion
orobly discharged from the military o ;
naval service of tlo | United States filial
bo preferred for appointment to civi
offices , provided they possess the nocos
oary business capacity.
FOUTV-ElGIiril CONdUKSS.
KHNATK.
WASHINGTON , February 14. Mr. Voor-
hces ( clem. , hid. ) introduced n resolution
requesting the secretary of the interior to
suspend approval of the indemnity lands
selections made by the Northern Pacific
railroad company. Referred to the coin-
mitU'o on public lands.
The chair laid before the Donate the
testimony taken by the committee invov-
tigating the official conduct of Supervis
ing Architect Hill. Referred ,
The senate , after debutu , passed the
bill making all public highways and rouda
post routes.
Mr. Heck ( dom. , Ky. ) called up Mr.
d'h'Jiaon's ( dom. , N J ) b It relative to
national bunk circulation , und spoke in
favor of it. Ho uaid the banks were out
of politics now , and nobody opposed
tLoiu. This measure was necessary foi
tlio country , aa the government tixpoctet
to pay par for the bonds , und there wai
no hardship in the provision limiting hot >
iasuo to par values. Tlio nation win
prospoious now , but might not nhvuyi
be , und it would not do , therefore , t < <
base circulation on the market value of
bonds. Wur or u panic might depros
boiida 10 per cent in a single wcuk , nd
the currency would bu contracted to ho
same extent , BO the government , who :
celled upon moat loudly to uustain it
credit would bo compelled to contract the
currency.
Mr. Merrill ( rep. , Vt. ) offered as a
substitute , a provision that upon thodo _
posit , by any national bank of the United
States , of 4 per cent , bonds prior to Jan
uary 1 , 1800 , it shall receive circulating
notes to an amount equal to 110 per cent ,
of the face value of bonds , that the issue
of notes on bonds hold or deposited after
the 1st of January , 1891 , shall not exceed
105 per cent , , and that the issue of such
boutis shall bo decreased 1 per cent , each
succeeding year until par is reached , that
on all ether bonds of the United States
the issue of notes shall not exceed the
par value of such bonds , nor shall the
total amounts of notes issued by any
bank at any time exceed the amount of
capital stock actually paid in.
Mr. Vest ( dom. , Mo. ) offered an
amendment , which was ordered printed ,
providing that the secretary of the treas
ury shall have treasury notes prepared ,
payable in Now York on demand in gold
or silver , and whenever any government
bonds become redeemable and are deposited -
posited as security fur the circulation of
any bank , the secretary of the treasury
is authorized to exchange the above de
scribed treasury notes for such bonds at
par mid interest or exchange such notes
at par for gold or silver coin and redeem
such bonds therewith , and the deposit of
lawful money to redeem the outstanding
circulation of such banking association
may bo made in legal tender notes or the
notes described , or thereafter the circu
lating notes of such bank shall bo re-
loomed at the treasury of the United
States and when so redeemed shall bo
cancelled , the treasury notes referred to
shall bo made receivable for all duos and
demands of the United States at par.
Mr. Morgan ( dom. , Ala. ) oflbrod an
amendment , which was ordered printed ,
providing among ether things that when
Donds deposited for circulation by any
national bank are redeemed by the gov
ernment such bank may substitute there
for bonds issued by any state , but such
bonds shall not bo received at a rate ex
ceeding per cent of their face value ,
nor received at all unless the interest
thereon for five years preceding has boon
regularly paid , nor received at all when
worth loss than par in the city of Now
York , interest thereon to bo received by
the treasurer of the United States and
deposited to the credit of such national
bank and paid to it unless the secretary
of tlio treasury shall direct the retention
in the treasury to make good nny de
ficiency in the bonds.
After an executive session the senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. McKinley ( rep.0. ) presented a tel
egram from Cleveland , detailing the de
struction occasioned by the Ohio floods ,
and recommending that congress increase
to § 1,000,000 the appropriation for ro
liof. Referred.
The house- resumed consideration of
the contested election case of Chalmers
vs. Manning.
The discussion was still pending when
the hotiflo adjourned.
lluio
CHICAGO , February 14. Local passen
ger agents of the oastnrn pool hold a
meeting to-day and decided to maintain
the present rates to Buffalo until ATnroh
1. Meantime each road'will submit an
agreement to Commissioner Fink relative
to differential rates. It is expected that
Fink will render a final decision in the
matter prior to the 1st hist. The agents
also considered thu question of the
differential rate allowed the Chicago &
Alton on tickets from St. Louisto Now
_
York via Chicago. They _ decided to
request Yico Chairman Piorson to issue
an order to eastern lines that such tick-
eta hereafter bo dishonored on the ground
that thu Chicago A ; Alton is no longer
entitled to a differential rate. It is
claimed that these tickets aroused to
Chicago , the remainder falling into the
hands of the scalpers. The Alton claims
it has boon allowed this rate for twenty
years and protosta that'thoro ia no juat
cause for changing , as it ia the longest
line from St. Louis to Now York via
Chicago.
Sherman on Protection ,
NEW YOIIK , February 14. The Mail
and Express xvill print this noon an inter
view with Senator Sherman on the pro
posed tariff legislation. Ho ohargoa
congress should lot the subject alone and
argues that the matter should only be
handled when ano or thu ether party has
a majority in the two houses of congress
so people may hold one or the ether parly
responsible for the effect of whatever leg
islation occurs. Ho thouuht party line *
would bo moro strictly drawn hereafter ,
and this woujd bo a happy day , for thoi
popular opinion might fairly decide for
or against protective duties. If the dem
ocratic party was in power , lie
thought that it would frame law
simply with a view to revenue. Hi
thought when the issue came a portion o
the south would bo for protection , aiu
portions of the oust for free twdo. Ii
his view the country needed protective
duties , moderate in degree , but
stable and certain , and commercial laws
which would encourage American ship
building and commerce on tlio high seas.
High Priced Failures.
NEW YOHK , February 14. Abbey retires -
tires from the management of the Metro
politan Opera house next May , and fiyo ,
the London impresparic'will probably take
the lease. The statement of thu Metro
politan Opera Jiouso shows a deficit of , {
§ 238,478 , and the board of directors has
ordered nn assessment of § 3,000 apiece :
on the stockholders.
It ia stated that Abbny loot steadily all
this Bouson , and that the largest receipts
have not exceeded $20,000 in one week ,
whereas the expenses have Veen en-
imatod at not loss than ? 30,000 a week.
The floods in the west have proved
especially disastrous to his enterprise und
t is doubtful if ho can pay oxpunsefi
vhero last year Mapleson made a clear
profit of 830,000.
A IlrlBlitar Prospect
Pm-iiusuuiio , February 1-1. Work in
iho river coal mines will bo resumed noxl
Monday and employment given 8,001
ininora , who have boon idlu sovora
months owing to the depression of lie <
trado. The demand for coal ia incrcaa
ing and the oullouk is brighter than ISat
any time ninco last fall. The mon wil
bo paid 31 cents ' u bushel in the lowe
pooh nmi"a cents in the fourth pool ,
" * " " "
"Au"EiijTmJor'd Horrible Dcutli ,
iNDJANAimtH. Ind. , February 14 Tli '
oothmgof ! engineer Goprqo Kmeiy , (
the Hooiier flouring mills , caught on
shaft of the fly wheel today. Ho was
whirled around and pounded to death.
The tloor underneath the shaft W'AS brok
en by his feet striking it. The body ,
with every bone broken and the nrma
torn off , was found a shapeless moss ,
The machinery ran until thu steam was
exhausted which was the first intimation
the other employes had that an accident
had occurred.
U1UMM ( VN1 >
END OF A HAH UAItKEU.
Niw YOHK , February 14. Mrs.Kmma
Uhlor , made notorious lost year by figur
ing in murder case that made a great
sensation , died from morphine poisoning
in the Now York hospital this morning.
On the lOln of last March Wilbur U.
Havorstick , a broker who lived with this
woman , was shot and killed by Mrs.
Uhlnr's brother , George W. Conkling , n
surveyor in the service of the govern
ment. Tim latter , understanding that
his sister had been enticed away from her
husband by Hnvorstick , visited their
rooms and tried to induce her to leave
her paramour , llavorstick coming in , a
quarrel took place between him and
Gonkliug , the latter drew n revolver , and
shot the other iu the abdomen. Havor
stick died in a few hours. Conkling was
arrested , but was released on bail. Mrs.
Uhlor then disappeared from public
view , and for a time was in the west , but
for the last three or four mouths she has
been living in various disreputable houses
in the Twenty-ninth precinct. Conk-
lincj's bail was dismissed to-day , the only
witness , this sister , being dead. _
DESl'EUATi : K10HT WITH HMUIHILKIUS.
ST. Louis , February 14. A dispatch
from Matemoras , Mexico , says a desperate -
ate light occurred Tuesday , about twenty
miles from there , between custom ofli-
cors and guards and n gang of smugglers
in which Major Palacias and ono of his
mon , were badly wounded , t\Vo smug
glers killed and novoral wounded. Thu
remainder of the smugglers fled leaving
behind § 8,000 worth of dry gooda and a
number of horses and mule ? .
NT1LL A MY.STEHY.
GHIOAOO , February 14. No light of
any kind has been thrown on the murder
of James L. Wilson and his invalid wife
at the village of Winnotta. The 'detec
tives are convinced that the motive for
the murder was purely ono of robbery.
Resident * of the village have offered n
reward of § 1,000 for the apprehension of
the assassin.
VOLUNTAUV MANSLAUOUTElt.
Wnr.Ki.iNa , February 14. The jury
in the cane of David C. Keller , pilot of
tlio steamer Scioto , sunk by a collision
with the John Lomos on July 4 , 1882 ,
ut Mingo Junction , this evening returned
n verdict in the United States court at
Parkoraburg of guilty of voluntary manslaughter -
slaughter , with a recommendation to
mercy. Forty-five lives were lost by the
famous collision. Keller will bo sent
enced to-morrow ,
THE WINNETKA MUHDKD.
OHIOAOO , February 14. It ia rumored
to-night that an arrest has been made of
n man supposed to bo guilty of the
double murder at Winnotka of tlio aged
Wilson couple. The police refuse to talk
on the subject.
A Parnlcll Case.
CmoAdo , February 14. It is stated
that the Atchison , Top elm & Santa Fo
have about completed the purchase of
the California Southern railroad extend
ing from San Diego to Colton , a distance
of 1)0 ! ) miles. It is further stated that
tlio Atchison , Topnka & Santa Fo road
will now open nrgotiations with a view
to purchasing from the Southern Pacific
that portion of their line from thu
Needles to Mojavp , about 240 miles. In
this connection it ia stated in railroad
circles that the Southern Pacific officials
have recently intimated that they would
sell this piece of road rather than have
the Atlantic & Pacific parallel their line
by building from Needles to Colton
which it is stated they certainly will do
unless the above negotiations to purchase
succeed.
A Grand Military Hull.
CHICAGO , February 14. The social
event of the year was thu military ball
of the First regiment of cavalry of Illi
nois , National guard , to-night , for which
its own armory and that of the Firel
regiment of infantry were used. The
armories were gaily decorated with flags ,
banners , guidons and ether military
paraphernalia and greenery. Aboul
three thousand were present , including
the leading society and military people
of the city. Promenade music vras fur
nished by the military band of Juflerson
barracks , Missouri.
IMfH , GOIIMII'H
SAN FiiANciKco , Fohrnary 14. Mrs ,
Colton , wife of General Oolton , toatifiet
in her own behalf in the suit against the
Central Pacific directors that if Hunting
ton and Crocker had sp wronged her ii
the final settlement of her husband'/ /
all'nira , they wore equally capable in
damaging her dead husband's reputation
by accusing him of embezzlement.
The Hioclc Itrcedcrs.
LINCOLN , Nob. , February 14. The
Stock Breeders' association concluded itfl
session to-day. Papers wore road on
raising horses for profit in Nebraska , and
polled Angus cattle. Resolutions were
passed asking congress tor laws to prevent -
vent the spread of contagious diseases.
The Wool Growers' ' association moots
to-niorrow ,
A Failure.
OHAIILIWTON , S. 0 , , February 14.
The firm of L. 1) . Mowry & Son , cotton
factors , suspended. Liabilities , $150-
000 ; nominal ueaota § 225,000. ,
Tlio IJCUKUO Culled.
NEW YOHK , February 14. .3ouorol
Tames S. Neglov Ima called a national
council of thu Union League , to moot in
Washington March Oth.
Export tit * HreiulnUillH.
WAHIUNOTON , February 14. Kxporta
of breadstuff * for seven months ending
January Ul , 1881 , were 8100,250.207 ]
- the xamo time last year , § 133,080,1:13 : ,
PAHIS , February 14. The name of the
club in which the gambling scandals oc
currud is the Petit circlu. The five * ni
| well ui tht ) court curds were marked
'ho I The amount of securities found unUoi
of j the valet's bed is now said to have bew
a'1,000,000 franca ,
RIOT STORIES.
The DanyillG Bntchcry Unfier Commit
tee Consideration ,
The Blaolc and White Sides Ex
hibited.
The Former Claim an Unprovoked
and Wanton Attack.
The Latter that They Shot in
Solf-Dofonco.
XIio OpoitltiK Stories us Xolcl by Par-
Itclpnntp.
IHOT.
.MTO1UEH 11V COLOUR ! ) MEN.
WASHINGTON , February 14.Tho in-
'cstigation into the Danville election
iota begun this morning. Congressman
Jaboll and S. Wise were present. Wai-
or S. Withers , n colored policeman of
3anvillo , testified that on November IJd
nwhito man and colored man got to
ighting. When separated a crowd of
r hi tea ranged iu line along the curb and
hoi colored men were in the street. The
rhitea had pistols iu their hands and
aid the negroes could got enough if they
vanted it , and if they didn't leave seine
of them would got hurt. The negroes-
objected to leaving , saying the whites
euro trying to override them. Firing
hen began , the first shots being fired in
ho nir. The colored people began to
un and the whites fired at them wher
ever they could sets them. None of tlio
colored men had pistols. Ono man was
hot dead and several wounded in con-
cquonco of thu riot. The colored pco-
ilu did not veto at the election thrco
lays later , fearing violence. The nfli-
lavit of the witness before the commlt-
ea of forty was incorrect , iu so far as it
tatcd that the colored men received
ire-arms. It seemed that something had
) eon added to the affidavit after ho
igncd it.
Jack lludd ( colored ) , chairman of the
opublicun committee , testified : Was in
) anyillo on the day of the riot. When
he firing began , ho loft hastily , after-
vards returning to see. what was the ro-
suit. Ho was mot by Colonel Caboll ,
rho asked whore ho was going. Colonel
3aboll said : "This ia just what I have
> eon tolling you would happen. " Ned
Catcher came along with another man
and asked Cabell who witness was , being
nformod Hatcher said "Let mo blow his
d d brains out. " Colonel Cabell said :
"No lot the d d scouudrol leave hero. "
[ latehor struck vyitncea and e witness
oft they begun firing on him. Witness
saw his white neighbors going into Dan
ville that night und returning with guns
they had procured in Danvillq ; saw them
; oing to the polls election day with the
lame guns. The colored people were
.hereby intimidated and concluded not
a vote.
L. L. Ivy ( colored ) saw white men
drawn up aioug ' tno 'Uuti > - ; u. . r ; , iuio
aimed. Ho started away. Firing bean -
; an and the colored men ran. Ono was
iliot dead , Jack Rudd , the preceding
witness , came along and asked the col-
> red mon , "What you all runnin' for ?
3o white ' burnin' "
people's only powdah.
Jo replied , "What's do muanin' ob dat
lead man ovah dull if dey don't mean
mrm ? " Witness described the mal-
reaunont of Jack Rudd by Hatcher and
others , and the throats made to himself
on the same day by White people. V/it-
icss did not vote because of fear inspired
jy the riot. " j
HTOKIEH OK TUB WHITE MEN. < i
W. R , Taylor , white , testified that an :
ordinary row occurred November 3d be
tween a white man and a negro which
led to n riot. When the fight began
there were but three white men and
BOIIIO fifteen negroes on the street in '
sight. At the climax there were between
two and throe- hundred nugrocs and
about fifteen white men. In witness'
opinion had the white men shown fear
they would all have been murdered.
Witness saw two or three pistols among
the negroc.H. Witness emptied five
chambers of hitt * pistol at the nogroca.
Would most assuredly do so
again under the circumstances. Don't
know whether ho hit anybody or not.
Dr. D. B. Temple testified that ho was
in the opera house when the trouble bo- < , ,
gan. When ho got out on the street ho " ; >
HUW fifteen or twenty white men confronting - ' %
fronting un inluriatod mob of ' > i'i ' , " : ' . "
Tlio latter were violent und i itau-uuig , ,
and shouting out that tluiy & Id shoot us
well as the whites , The white men fired j
a volley which the negroes returned and
on the firing of n second volley by the
whites the ii'-yroea ran firing us they ran. , t
Witnccs was armed und fired with the t |
rout. Ho fired four shots into ( ho crowd /
: negroes Ho said hu was i bli id to do ) '
, iio did not muko any inquiries as to ' ' |
10 CUUKO of the trouble Jio only saw %
en or fifteen fellow citizens contending - , |
gainst u mob of negroes and ho took jj
10 aide of his own people. Witness 'H
ought a pistol a month before the thing '
ccurrod. It wus , ho baid , u notorious
act that the negroes were bent on the
rouble , and they , the whites , hud taken
ncosuruH for their own protco-
Ion. When the witness fired his
istol hp fired into the crowd.
To didn't know whom ho hit. Witness
lad talton part in the discussions which
iroccdcd thu riot like every ether good
litizen. Ho said ho u anted to got rid
of the terribly miserable governaiont.
they had , Ho said ovary white roan ,
woman and child had been enlisted-
ho fight to get rid of the government ,
; hey complained of and had promised
implicitly to obey the ordora of their
loaders , Thop had been yarIlQd by
'
every man in authority to'avoid any cot *
lision if they could.
A. H. Blunt thought the whole trouble
between the races arose from the insoUaco '
of the negroes. Ho thought if Senator
Shormun and Congressman Wise had
soon their daughters slapped off Uio side
walk as witness hud s > tun those of re *
spoctablo men in Danville , they would
want to leave Virtjiuiu. Hq hud seeu & >
white man cpcomug u v < lu'y liuly tn
church or to t\u ) \ on itt MH ) a n > i ,
bunt right tbmuyh 'tlmir vn ,
V ( ' > Oil. U'JI'A.
tmjwitul ttuin ; 'today lmiJ ) ilaiui > ( ; fKl
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